National's shadow energy minister questions climate 'crisis'

National's shadow energy minister questions climate 'crisis'
Stuart Smith's mixed messages (Image: NZME)
Oliver Lewis
National’s energy spokesman and potential future minister has repeated lines from a prominent physicist downplaying the climate crisis, as well as liking social media posts from a controversial United States author who calls himself the world’s biggest fossil fuel advocate.In an interview with BusinessDesk, Stuart Smith said climate change was a major issue and he supported the net zero 2050 target. He read widely on the topic, he added, including views from Alex Epstein, author of ‘The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels’, who...

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